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This is being down-voted, but there is merit to this. Tests should be audited for continued need.

I would gladly give up software development for a medical or law degree. I would gladly study for a bar exam or do a medical internship instead of grinding Leetcode and throwing salt over my shoulder or some other good luck inducing act, in the hope of passing the often subjective, 'are you a fit', can you design and code Z in the next 38 minutes type interview.

The barrier of entry is way too low these days and therefore we have this hazing ritual for an interview process. It's absurd to think that after 12 years in the business, I won't be able to figure out what to do with those requirements. I'm sorry, we need 5 years of Java, not 4.

For those young developers, save up your money over a 10 year period and get out.

No biggie unless you're the one adversely affected.

It's not capitalism, but the bad apples exploiting it.

At a previous employer, we had a 'fire call' to handle these situations. These were emergency situations and required a form submition and authorization from a manager. You were given temporary credentials with access to do what you needed to do.

I only had 2 of these in the 5 years I worked there, but here's an example. We had an internal purchase request system used for puchasing a keyboard or what ever you needed for work. Of course the purchase request went through a chain of approvals starting with your manager and eded with the CTO. The CTO threw a fit for having to approve keyboards and other small items, so it was deemed an 'emergency' to fix it right away. I had to immediately patch the code so he wouldn't see trivial requests. The 'fire call' allowed me to submit the code directly into production without going through the change control procedures, which only happened once per week.

And you better be damn sure that your changes are correct, crap rolls down hill very quickly when it involves very senior people.

I don't understand why you're lumping JavaScript in with Java. These are very different languages and are likely to produce very different mindsets.

I can't stand the capitalization thing. I see this in C# methods and boolean values in Python every day and it sucks. I think Java got it right on that one.

Were you super religious or being reformed?

The micromanagement is the bigger problem.

I quit in April of 2021 and 8 out of 10 employers want to know what I've been doing since then. I think it's just one of those automatic questions since any reasonable response seems to satisfy them.

Just what we need, 300 million people locked out of their coffee machines. Thank God that didn't happen during Covid lock-downs! :)

Yep, I'm either on Sublime or Emacs.

Most models outside the US would not work for the entire US, perhaps a few cities. Also, it doesn't seem possible to have more than 10 supermarkets within 10 minutes of your walking distance. They would have to be next door to each other. Of course, I'm thinking about this in the context of where I've lived in the US.

It would take me 3 minutes just to walk out of my apartment complex, and another 5 to get to the supermarket right next door to the apartments.

What you have as a supermarket in your country must be different than what we have here in the US: Kroger, Albertson's, SafeWay, Von's, etc... These are very large buildings that take up a lot of property.

Yep, the quickest solution with the least amount of effort, unfortunately.

I agree. My theory is that this is all 'busy' work. For some reason or another, there's just nothing else for the employees to do.

Why? I've only used my horn for telling people to get off their phone and go because the light turned green. I can't remember it ever being a necessity.

Yep, not much more than moulding holding it in.

It's too dark to search for it, so you'd have to already know where the latch is at. I didn't know about keyless trunks until my ex-wife needed a jump and the battery was in the trunk, which could only be opened electronically or with the 'latch.' Google to the rescue!

I didn't know Livejournal was still around.

First time I was late paying AMEX they raised my interest rate north of 25%. They could legally do so, but they were the only card I had that did it so quickly; just one day late.

Discover was my favorite. They had a forgiveness policy and wouldn't raise your rate just because another card did. And their website was very friendly to use.

Mine only chirps when the battery dies. Of course, it's always at 3am and I don't have any 9v batteries. Worse now is none of the stores are open 24 hours so you have to suffer 'til 6am or pay $5 at a gas station for a battery.

This happened to me at a recent Google interview. It was the last interview of 5 and the guy gave me a gnarly graph problem. I was trying to wrap my head around it, but he kept interrupting me and giving me unwanted help. I ended up getting writer's block and just mentally shutdown because he wouldn't let me have time to think. He ended the interview early because of poor performance.

It made me feel like I didn't know anything and was very embarassing. It also changed my outlook on Google, and I'll never interview with them again.

Compared to nothing. Dumpster fire just means it sucks. To be fair, most of them do though.

I have, and it was the most frustrating language I've ever tried. You sit there staring at the code wondering what's wrong with the variable you created until you Google it and find out it's a certain type that you never heard of. It's ridiculous.

I'm sure it gets better as you memorize the millions of different types, but what benefit do you get from all this pain?

I also think it's just a boy's club at this point. Big pipe dreams of rewriting all the C++ and C code is all we here about. It's not going to happen. The language is too f*k*g hard to learn so no one will. It's like trying to make everything in Haskell, c'mon, get real.

Someone had to say it...

This is the dumbest thing I've ever seen in programming.

I think these are good points. Some of these really speak to the subjectivity of interviewing.

I'm currently interviewing for software development roles and it just seems like a lot of luck is involved, good or bad. Uber ghosted me a week ago after the recruiter missed our appointment. A few weeks before that, I completed a week long 'test project' and haven't heard back from them.

For such a technical field, there's too much bullshit involved in finding a job.

No, half the problems with JavaScript are because people refuse to learn it. Just don't write 1+{}. Every time people start bashing JavaScript, it's with these odd-ball examples that they make up.

I'm confused. Did you suggest she 'come by the office and meet the whole team' or did you 'ask her to come by the office for an interview?'

I can see how she'd be so excited because it implies she's getting hired or is very close to getting hired, while the invitation to interview is just a standard hiring event.

Did you hire her? If not, the meeting before the interview wasted everyone's time.

The chance of dying of Covid-19 while being unvaccinated is very low. The benefit of being vaccinated is a further reduction in the chance of dying if infected and a reduction in symptom severity if infected. There is still a very low chance of severe symptoms and/or death if infected while being vaccinated. Also, there have been cases of people dying within weeks of receiving a vaccine dose; I won't comment on what that implies.

I'm not vaccinated. I did get Covid-19 and recovered well. The only lasting effect seems to be that I smell an anti-freeze odor at times. I don't feel like I was putting my life at risk by not getting vaccinated, in fact, I feel even more strongly against getting a vaccine that appears to be more beneficial to those who are at high risk of severe symptoms and/or death than the general population.

In any case, I respect others' opinions on the matter and don't judge them for their decisions on vaccination. The fact that vaccinated people can still get infected and possibly transmit the virus to others seems to indicate we should stop focussing on a general solution and focus on those in high risk categories. The Covid-19 pill seems like a good first step in that direction.

Speaking of duct tape, I'm using it as a bandaid right now. It really is a universal 'fix all.' haha